Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wordain/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Thanks, Chaipau (talk) 07:01, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * was indeffed for WP:3RR violation on 1 June 2022 by, which was further endorsed and commented by . u:Homogenie submitted an unblock request on 27 June 2022 claiming that they "enjoyed" editing Wikipedia, and that they were in the midst of various unfinished projects ("Besides I was in the middle of contributing to many of the articles").  There was thus a strong WP:MOTIVE for u:Homogenie to come back to editing their favorite articles.
 * The account was created on 30 June, 2022, a month after u:Homogenie was blocked. The very second edit was a note to admin  on a controversial position on a niche subject (location of Pragjyotisha) (WP:PRECOCIOUS), which u:Homogenie too felt deeply about, . (WP:SPASOCK, WP:BE)
 * Within 30 days was enforcing WP:MOSIS, clearly WP:PRECOCIOUS.
 * u:Homogenie was intent on inserting "koch" in Rajbanshi people, citing a specific reference. u:Somadrink does the same and when reverted gets into edit-warring mode

Addendum: It is likely that there are other accounts associated with the sockmaster, which hopefully CU will reveal. Chaipau (talk) 10:12, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:28, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are all ✅ to :
 * Will block and tag all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:44, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved case to match the oldest account, Wordain.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:46, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Will block and tag all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:44, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved case to match the oldest account, Wordain.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:46, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Will block and tag all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:44, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved case to match the oldest account, Wordain.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:46, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Will block and tag all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:44, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved case to match the oldest account, Wordain.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:46, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The u:Metei91 account was created on September 11 and immediately launched reverts on two pages: and, clearly WP:PRECOCIOUS. These reverts are related to earlier edits by IP editor Special:Contributions/2405:201:A800:0:0:0:0:0/39, that has been linked to socks of u:Wordain.
 * In Meitei people, the IP editor had introduced these un-sourced edits here. I reverted them.  u:Metei91 then reverted my reversion (link above) and when  reverted their reversion, u:Metei91 reinstated their edit.  Getting into edit-warring mode within hours of joining Wikipedia to reinstate edits from a previous IP editor clearly links this new user to the IP editor.
 * The same IP editor inserted the following edit in People of Assam, , . Soon after joining Wikipedia u:Metei91 immediately reinstated the IP editor's edit.

Thus, these edits by u:Metei91 strongly associate the editor with the IP ranges that became active after the socks of master u:Wordain were banned. Clearly, the banned editor has managed to create an account on Wikipedia again.

I am also alerting and  who have been maintaining access restrictions to various articles from the two IP ranges that are associated with the banned sock-master u:Wordain.

I am requesting CU since Wordain has maintained a large number of WP:SLEEPER accounts as listed in Sockpuppet investigations/Wordain/Archive and it is very likely that this user too has a large number of WP:SLEEPER.

Thank you! Chaipau (talk) 03:37, 12 September 2022 (UTC)


 * thanks. This works.  Chaipau (talk) 01:37, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * -- RoySmith (talk) 18:20, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Coming back to look at this again, I see they've made a total 12 edits and haven't edited in 6 weeks. I'm going to close this for now.  If they start editing again, we can take revisit. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:32, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
After Homogenie, already blocked for 3RR, was ID'd as a sock of Wordain the sockmaster persisted attempts to edit Wikipedia via IP. Two different IP ranges were identified to have been used by this master for WP:BE : 2409:4065::/36 and 2405:201:A800::/39. As the list of articles the IP address ranges were blocked from editing show (Assam, Assamese people, Biswa Singha, Boro people, Koch dynasty, Mech people, Meitei people, Nara Narayan, People of Assam and Raja Prithu) the master is specifically interested in ethnic groups from Assam and adjoining areas. The user Homogenie requested an unblock because of unfinished contributions in different Assam related articles, and there seems a strong desire to provide WP:XS to the sockmaster's cause.

The account Brahmatee was created on Nov 30, 2022, has jumped into editing with great gusto. The behavior below is typical of the sockmaster, a result of the WP:XS, and is a dead giveaway — WP:DUCK for this submitter.


 * Editing WP:IDENTICAL set of articles as those blocked from the IP ranges and previous socks.
 * WP:PRECOCIOUS editing (e.g. )
 * Same behavior WP:IDNHT and failing to WP:COLLABORATE — general WP:DE.
 * Extensive and cherry-picked citations from a particular author (Shin, )
 * A specific interest in the historical region called Chiknabari, created by u:Brahmatee, of great interest to u:Homogenie . This sole cited reference is Shin, the favorite author of this sockmaster.

I am requesting CU since there is a history of this sockmaster employing WP:SLEEPER accounts, as discovered earlier by. It is possible that this sockmaster is using multiple networks, as the two IP ranges indicate. Chaipau (talk) 18:03, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to Homogenie,, no further accounts visible. ST47 (talk) 17:29, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The user account was created on 12 March 2023, some 4 months after the last known sock of this master, Brahmatee, was blocked for WP:BE. This account began editing with great gusto, just as Brahmatee did earlier, logging many edits on a particular article on the first day itself.
 * The account immediately displayed WP:PRECOCIOUS behavior. The a majority of the edits were we about creating wikilinks to article sections; adding reference entries and citing them—all on the first day, thus displaying a thorough knowledge about Wikipedia contents and editing techniques.
 * On the second day, this user gets into an edit war with another user, , ; but when the other user reverts the last edit, this user stops at the WP:3RR limit, thus displaying an awareness of the the 3RR rule (WP:PRECOCIOUS]]) and comes back to it later , . When the other user tried to engage with this user, this user simply ignored that and instead settled on their repeated rationale that "it is a wrong depiction" as stated in different ways in the edit summaries. (WP:EWS)
 * I tried to engage with this user Talk:Koch_dynasty to move some of this user's edits on Koch dynasty which I felt were not appropriate in that article, but this user continued to rejected those suggestions. This was WP:XS. Furthermore, the behavior of sticking to one single point, repeating it over and over and unable to respond to the opposing arguments in a rational point is a behavior that was seen repeatedly with the previous sock .  I have engaged extensively with Homogenie in the past and see a strong similarity in this behavior.Talk:Koch_dynasty, Talk:Rajbanshi_people, Talk:Kamarupa.  As these discussions will show, this user follows the same behavior pattern.
 * Though this user is unable to collaborate with others, they seem to share a similar purpose with . Here is the mutual agreement that Northeast heritage established with Homogenie User_talk:Homogenie and here is an example where Northeast heritage reaches out to this editor and this user's easy agreement.  Northeast heritage is a WP:SPA; and this interaction display that they recognize each other and agree on their interests.
 * Shin is a favorite author of Homogenie and they used this author selectively to make WP:FRINGE arguments; and as noted here, both Homogenie and Brahmatee (two previous socks) used cherry picked quotes.Sockpuppet_investigations/Wordain/Archive Here is this user using a very recent publication of Shin to start a new article.
 * Homogenie had been trying to insert some speculative findings from Wade and LiachenTalk:Ahom_kingdom; and here is Homogenie adding Liachen in the article Chutia kingdom.. And here is this user endorsing Liachen in the Chutia kingdom article. in support of recent edits.
 * A strong interest in adding WP:UNDUE/WP:WEIGHT material in Koch dynasty. Homogenie: Talk:Koch_dynasty and this user: Talk:Koch_dynasty
 * Homogenie had a number of run-ins with the Wikipedia policies and was finally blocked indefinitely for WP:3RR. And this user too managed to receive a 1-week within 2 months.

It is clear to me that this is WP:DUCK; but if required, I shall try to show additional similarities.

I am requesting Checkuser since this master is highly motivated to keep coming back to continue to contribute to articles, and because there is a history of this master using additional sleeper accounts. Chaipau (talk) 20:19, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yep - technically, I'd say they're exceedingly, based on historic data. Add in the behaviour, I'm calling it ✅. Blocked and tagged.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:17, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same editing area, including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Ahom, Guwahati University. Some sort of Chines/Tibetan POV in "Arunachal Pradesh" artcile - diffs:. "Guwahati University" article - diffs:. Substantial interaction. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:02, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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Could be checked at the same time? I was just about to come here and file a SPI under the same name. Looks like a duck after restoring the version of Kokrajhar district by (already blocked as a sock of Wordain). -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 18:08, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other: and based on historical  to master.  is stale. Blocked and tagging the active accounts. Izno (talk) 23:01, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:35, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
ID created after the last one was blocked. Same editing area, including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Ahom, Guwahati University. Some sort of Chines/Tibetan POV in "Arunachal Pradesh" artcile - diffs:. Substantial interaction. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:48, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the last batch. . Spicy (talk) 00:51, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This account was created March 9, and immediately started the same style of edits, just as User:Jiske890 did before being identified as a sock of Wordain. WP:DUCK.

Chaipau (talk) 13:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC) Chaipau (talk) 13:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:53, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar editing area with an interest to add Tibet related info in Arunachal Pradesh article like the confirmed socks. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * ,, and are ✅ to the last few socks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar editing area with a POV related to Tibeto-Burmese speaking people. ID made within 10 days of the last block. Editor interaction. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:27, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ from various recent socks, and that interaction analyzer tells quite a story. No others are jumping out at me, blocked and tagged.  Girth Summit  (blether)  19:44, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Nanoteche is a new account created after the last of these sockpuppets were blocked. The edit history of Sadiya (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sadiya&action=history) shows the same editing pattern as the long running sockmaster including the edit warring pattern, especially with one specific user (ComparingQuantities), including the use of IPs-users edits.

Requesting a checkuser since this sockmaster is known to use sleeper accounts extensively.

Chaipau (talk) 14:40, 18 June 2024 (UTC) Chaipau (talk) 14:40, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

The socks have an obsessive interest in pushing a map into articles of Assam:, , (IP address), etc. Chaipau (talk) 09:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the last sock. There don't seem to be any other obvious socks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:02, 25 June 2024 (UTC)